Anxiety in the news
Master's student Aliya McNeil and Dr. Christine Purdon provide important findings regarding the relationship between anxiety and COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy:Â Anxiety disorders had no effect on vaccine hesitancy
Dr. Christine Purdon provides her insights in a new CBC article:
In a new article from UW Imprint, Dr. Purdon and other experts discuss .
Dr. Christine Purdon talks compulsions and OCD in a .
Mark Gorman Legacy Fund
Mark Gorman (May 6, 1952 - September 8, 2020) was a Canadian poet, arts reviewer, script writer and broadcaster who fought a lifelong battle with anxiety and depression.
We are grateful to have received a substantial legacy gift from Mr. Gorman in support of our ongoing research on the nature and treatment of anxiety and related disorders.
Mr. Gorman’s legacy fund will strengthen our efforts to understand the factors that cause and maintain anxiety disorders, to develop more effective evidence-based psychological interventions to help ease people’s suffering, and to train graduate students in Clinical Psychology to become Canada’s next generation of scientist-practitioners.
Dr. Christine Purdon recently presented at the 2021 Virtual OCD-UK conference. Watch her presentation here:Â
Check out this , where Dr. Christine Purdon discusses how there is a lot more to compulsions than meets the eye.
Dr. Christine Purdon recently contributed to an article on choosingtherapy.com:Â
Check out this , where Dr. Christine Purdon was interviewed about how anxiety can increase our susceptibility to fraud.
Dr. Christine Purdon was recently featured on the , where she shared her insight into the effects of anxiety and depression on the individual.
Click the link to hear Dr. Christine Purdon share what's new in OCD research on the podcast
It is Canadian Men's Health Month, and the theme this year is "move for your mental health." Click the to learn more! We are interested in learning more about men's experiences to ensure that our research adequately addresses men's mental health concerns!Â
If you are interested in the effects of mask wearing on social anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic, the review article summarizes the relationship between social anxiety, intolerance of uncertainty, ambiguous feedback, and safety behaviours in the context of mask wearing.Ìý
Click the link below to learn about five practical ways to manage stress during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Campus Well article
Click the link below to read Dr. Christine Purdon's tips for coping with a needle phobia when getting the COVID-19 vaccine, in the CTV news article
Click the link to watch Dr. Christine Purdon's interview about anxiety and COVID-19 stress on the Beyond the Bulletin podcast;
Click the link to watch Dr. Christine Purdon's interview about coping with stress during the COVID-19 pandemic on CBC News;
Click the link to read Dr. Christine Purdon's input in The Toronto Sun's article;
 Click the link to see Dr. Christine Purdon's input on COVID-19 and obsessive-compulsive disorder on Al Jazeera's podcast series
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Click on the link to read Dr. David Moscovitch's article in The Toronto Life magazine; "".
Click on the link to read Dr. Christine Purdon's article in the Toronto Star's magazine about managing anxiety around the news; "".
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A new article in outlines the different ways that people are affected by social anxiety, and how exposing people to some of their social fears (e.g., having them intentionally commit blunders or mishaps and observe that the effects are typically not as catastrophic as they imagine) can be an important part of treatment for social anxiety. Â
Most people have experienced some kind of social blunder (e.g., tripping, spilling coffee). However, people with social anxiety tend to interpret these mishaps as having negative social costs (e.g., ridicule, rejection, embarrassment or shame) and some of our very own research provides insight into why this might be the case. Read on for more information.Ìý
Below, see photos of Dr. Christine Purdon deliver her Plenary Address, and graduate student Olivia Merritt deliver her open paper session at the 9th Annual World Congress of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies in Berlin, Germany.Ìý This is a conference that takes place every 3 years and was composed of over 4000 delegates.Ìý
Dr. Purdon (pictured above) presents her Plenary Address which gave an overview on the complexities of compulsions in OCD, why they persist despite people's best efforts, and how to better help people overcome them.
Olivia Merritt (pictured above) presents her data on the perseveration of checking and attention to threat cues in the open paper session.
Read about in an interview with Dr. Christine Purdon.
Watch ​Dr. Christine Purdon and her student Brenda Chiang talk about OCD on CTV News.
Read about why OCD is a from the New York Times.
Worried about flying? See what Dr. Purdon has to say about how recent plane crashes validate our fears  (clip begins at 9:15).
Our very own, Dr. Christine Purdon, talking about .
Check out Col. Chris Hadfield's Ted talk on the role of exposure in overcoming fear and anxiety.